2009 Football Schedule Announced

West Virginia University has announced the 2009 football schedule, highlighted by seven home games, five national television dates and an attractive non-conference slate.

The Mountaineers open the 2009 schedule on Saturday, Sept. 5, at home against Liberty. Other home games are against East Carolina, Colorado, Marshall, Connecticut, Louisville and Pitt. The East Carolina game will be designated as the WVU Sports Hall of Fame game, Connecticut will be Homecoming on the WVU campus, while Louisville will be part of Mountaineer Week festivities.

Five games are already slated for national television. West Virginia???s road games at USF, Cincinnati and Rutgers, along with homes games against Colorado and Pitt, are slated to be televised on the ESPN family of networks.